Chapter 125
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"Your mother sounds like a great woman, I would very much like to meet her." Shen Tianyu said in admiration. Finding such a woman in this kind of oppressive society really wasn't easy. And she had married a man that had let her shine like this, if only to her family. She'd really like to discuss some things with her.
Rong Jian's eyes sparkled with an unknown emotion, still looking down at Shen Tianyu's legs. "Alright."
"Hm?"
"I'll bring you to see my family once this stupid tournament is over and you can meet my mother. What do you think?" He finally looked up at her, clenching his fists that had now stopped massaging her to keep his calm.
"Okay! Let's do that!" Shen Tianyu readily agreed with excitement written all over her face.
They chatted for a while longer, going on with their day as usual. The eunuch should have reported the incident but the two didn't get mixed into any more trouble for the rest of the day.
...
"This round of the Goodwill Tournament is to truly display the skills of the younger generation. As everyone knows, the sword is not the only weapon used by cultivators and some are more skilled at it than others." The Head Minister of Ceremonies started the day with a lavish speech about the Youth Talent Show, as Shen Tianyu has come to call it. All the participants had come with their own special weapon.
Of course, Shen Tianyu brought a long whip. It looked like a regular whip but was actually made with special materials to make it more durable and hard. It hung in multiple hoops around her waist, fastened by a small strip of cloth. It was black in color, even the handle was black, yet it shone by reflecting the sunlight. The tip of the whip ended in a small spade, similar to what a devil's tail would look like in some of her previous world's art.
Rong Jian, on the other hand, brought a spear made of metal and wood. The shaft was painted a shining brown. The tip of the spear curved slightly upwards, somewhat similar to a hook. It was rather sharp with no other embellishments. The end of the spear, also had a small hook that was curved upwards. The entire thing looked simple but was more than meets the eye, just like Shen Tianyu's whip.
The first match of the day followed the same order as yesterday. 'The Young Master of the Ke clan has come out with a rather unexpected weapon, hm?' Ke Qingyan was carrying something that was usually not used as a weapon in the cultivation world, an instrument. It was a seven-stringed guqin with a black lacquered base and silver strings that shone in the sunlight. There were also no unnecessary embellishments on the guqin.
"I hope we have a good match today as well." Shen Tianyu said to him as she bowed.
"This Lady over praised me, it is enough if I can last for a bit." He responded with a polite smile, holding his guqin.
At the start signal, Shen Tianyu unwinded her whip and smacked it on the pavement. The stone where it hit cracked into pieces after several seconds and the audience gasped. 'Hmph. Since this is a talent show, I might as well help liven things up!'
Ke Qingyan strummed a few notes of his guqin and invisible blades made from spiritual power flew out, aiming straight for Shen Tianyu. Naturally, this Talent Show wasn't more deadly than the previous round of "serious fighting", ironically, so there were plenty of Imperial physicians in standby. Also, a shield was erected on the stage so the attacks made inside would not hurt the audience members, since the people at the very front were all importantly personages. Shen Tianyu could have gotten Luo Shue to come hide in the audience in case anything happened, but she was confident that nothing would happen. Besides, she didn't want to distract the other from their studies.
Shen Tianyu ran to the right in order to dodge the blades, which inevitably fell on the stage, destroying the stage. Some of them hit the shield, causing it to shake somewhat but it still held. As she was running, Shen Tianyu cracked her whip, which whizzed towards Ke Qingyan. He calmly strum a few more notes on the guqin, creating more blades to counter the whip, stopping it in it's tracks. 'Hm, this one is quite talented. He may not be the best at the sword, but her certainly isn't bad with his weapon. Looks like it would suit his family's reputation. If my whip wasn't made of tougher stuff, it's probably have cracked from that attack alone.' Shen Tianyu thought as her whip withdrew. She stopped and cracked her whip again, with a more serious look on her face. Ke Qingyan strummed more notes and she fended all the blades of sound and spiritual power off with her whip. Seeing this, Ke Qingyan's expression also grew more serious. The two exchanged fifty blows in the span of a few seconds before withdrawing.
Shen Tianyu licked her lips. 'This talent, I want him. Too bad he has a family and won't be willing to leave them.' She raised her whip again and Ke Qingyan readied his guqin. 'It's not use getting close to him like this, he can create more blades with his guqin, my whip will eventually be overwhelmed. I guess I can only do it the long way and tire him out. He can't play forever, I just hope he won't persist too much or his fingers could become useless. But then again, he has two hands... he's only holding the guqin with one hand now. Is he aware of his shortcomings? Smart kid. Well, we'll see how this goes!'
She cracked her whip and it flew towards Ke Qingyan again. They exchanged more blows, so intense that a big wind was created from their attacks that blew over the audience. Shen Tianyu's whip was merely a flash of black and Ke Qingyan's fingers flew across his guqin like a hummingbird's wings.
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"Your mother sounds like a great woman, I would very much like to meet her." Shen Tianyu said in admiration. Finding such a woman in this kind of oppressive society really wasn't easy. And she had married a man that had let her shine like this, if only to her family. She'd really like to discuss some things with her.
Rong Jian's eyes sparkled with an unknown emotion, still looking down at Shen Tianyu's legs. "Alright."
"Hm?"
"I'll bring you to see my family once this stupid tournament is over and you can meet my mother. What do you think?" He finally looked up at her, clenching his fists that had now stopped massaging her to keep his calm.
"Okay! Let's do that!" Shen Tianyu readily agreed with excitement written all over her face.
They chatted for a while longer, going on with their day as usual. The eunuch should have reported the incident but the two didn't get mixed into any more trouble for the rest of the day.
...
"This round of the Goodwill Tournament is to truly display the skills of the younger generation. As everyone knows, the sword is not the only weapon used by cultivators and some are more skilled at it than others." The Head Minister of Ceremonies started the day with a lavish speech about the Youth Talent Show, as Shen Tianyu has come to call it. All the participants had come with their own special weapon.
Of course, Shen Tianyu brought a long whip. It looked like a regular whip but was actually made with special materials to make it more durable and hard. It hung in multiple hoops around her waist, fastened by a small strip of cloth. It was black in color, even the handle was black, yet it shone by reflecting the sunlight. The tip of the whip ended in a small spade, similar to what a devil's tail would look like in some of her previous world's art.
Rong Jian, on the other hand, brought a spear made of metal and wood. The shaft was painted a shining brown. The tip of the spear curved slightly upwards, somewhat similar to a hook. It was rather sharp with no other embellishments. The end of the spear, also had a small hook that was curved upwards. The entire thing looked simple but was more than meets the eye, just like Shen Tianyu's whip.
The first match of the day followed the same order as yesterday. 'The Young Master of the Ke clan has come out with a rather unexpected weapon, hm?' Ke Qingyan was carrying something that was usually not used as a weapon in the cultivation world, an instrument. It was a seven-stringed guqin with a black lacquered base and silver strings that shone in the sunlight. There were also no unnecessary embellishments on the guqin.
"I hope we have a good match today as well." Shen Tianyu said to him as she bowed.
"This Lady over praised me, it is enough if I can last for a bit." He responded with a polite smile, holding his guqin.
At the start signal, Shen Tianyu unwinded her whip and smacked it on the pavement. The stone where it hit cracked into pieces after several seconds and the audience gasped. 'Hmph. Since this is a talent show, I might as well help liven things up!'
Ke Qingyan strummed a few notes of his guqin and invisible blades made from spiritual power flew out, aiming straight for Shen Tianyu. Naturally, this Talent Show wasn't more deadly than the previous round of "serious fighting", ironically, so there were plenty of Imperial physicians in standby. Also, a shield was erected on the stage so the attacks made inside would not hurt the audience members, since the people at the very front were all importantly personages. Shen Tianyu could have gotten Luo Shue to come hide in the audience in case anything happened, but she was confident that nothing would happen. Besides, she didn't want to distract the other from their studies.
Shen Tianyu ran to the right in order to dodge the blades, which inevitably fell on the stage, destroying the stage. Some of them hit the shield, causing it to shake somewhat but it still held. As she was running, Shen Tianyu cracked her whip, which whizzed towards Ke Qingyan. He calmly strum a few more notes on the guqin, creating more blades to counter the whip, stopping it in it's tracks. 'Hm, this one is quite talented. He may not be the best at the sword, but her certainly isn't bad with his weapon. Looks like it would suit his family's reputation. If my whip wasn't made of tougher stuff, it's probably have cracked from that attack alone.' Shen Tianyu thought as her whip withdrew. She stopped and cracked her whip again, with a more serious look on her face. Ke Qingyan strummed more notes and she fended all the blades of sound and spiritual power off with her whip. Seeing this, Ke Qingyan's expression also grew more serious. The two exchanged fifty blows in the span of a few seconds before withdrawing.
Shen Tianyu licked her lips. 'This talent, I want him. Too bad he has a family and won't be willing to leave them.' She raised her whip again and Ke Qingyan readied his guqin. 'It's not use getting close to him like this, he can create more blades with his guqin, my whip will eventually be overwhelmed. I guess I can only do it the long way and tire him out. He can't play forever, I just hope he won't persist too much or his fingers could become useless. But then again, he has two hands... he's only holding the guqin with one hand now. Is he aware of his shortcomings? Smart kid. Well, we'll see how this goes!'
She cracked her whip and it flew towards Ke Qingyan again. They exchanged more blows, so intense that a big wind was created from their attacks that blew over the audience. Shen Tianyu's whip was merely a flash of black and Ke Qingyan's fingers flew across his guqin like a hummingbird's wings.
"Your mother sounds like a great woman, I would very much like to meet her." Shen Tianyu said in admiration. Finding such a woman in this kind of oppressive society really wasn't easy. And she had married a man that had let her shine like this, if only to her family. She'd really like to discuss some things with her.Rong Jian's eyes sparkled with an unknown emotion, still looking down at Shen Tianyu's legs. "Alright.""Hm?""I'll bring you to see my family once this stupid tournament is over and you can meet my mother. What do you think?" He finally looked up at her, clenching his fists that had now stopped massaging her to keep his calm."Okay! Let's do that!" Shen Tianyu readily agreed with excitement written all over her face.They chatted for a while longer, going on with their day as usual. The eunuch should have reported the incident but the two didn't get mixed into any more trouble for the rest of the day...."This round of the Goodwill Tournament is to truly display the skills of the younger generation. As everyone knows, the sword is not the only weapon used by cultivators and some are more skilled at it than others." The Head Minister of Ceremonies started the day with a lavish speech about the Youth Talent Show, as Shen Tianyu has come to call it. All the participants had come with their own special weapon.Of course, Shen Tianyu brought a long whip. It looked like a regular whip but was actually made with special materials to make it more durable and hard. It hung in multiple hoops around her waist, fastened by a small strip of cloth. It was black in color, even the handle was black, yet it shone by reflecting the sunlight. The tip of the whip ended in a small spade, similar to what a devil's tail would look like in some of her previous world's art.Rong Jian, on the other hand, brought a spear made of metal and wood. The shaft was painted a shining brown. The tip of the spear curved slightly upwards, somewhat similar to a hook. It was rather sharp with no other embellishments. The end of the spear, also had a small hook that was curved upwards. The entire thing looked simple but was more than meets the eye, just like Shen Tianyu's whip.The first match of the day followed the same order as yesterday. 'The Young Master of the Ke clan has come out with a rather unexpected weapon, hm?' Ke Qingyan was carrying something that was usually not used as a weapon in the cultivation world, an instrument. It was a seven-stringed guqin with a black lacquered base and silver strings that shone in the sunlight. There were also no unnecessary embellishments on the guqin."I hope we have a good match today as well." Shen Tianyu said to him as she bowed."This Lady over praised me, it is enough if I can last for a bit." He responded with a polite smile, holding his guqin.At the start signal, Shen Tianyu unwinded her whip and smacked it on the pavement. The stone where it hit cracked into pieces after several seconds and the audience gasped. 'Hmph. Since this is a talent show, I might as well help liven things up!'Ke Qingyan strummed a few notes of his guqin and invisible blades made from spiritual power flew out, aiming straight for Shen Tianyu. Naturally, this Talent Show wasn't more deadly than the previous round of "serious fighting", ironically, so there were plenty of Imperial physicians in standby. Also, a shield was erected on the stage so the attacks made inside would not hurt the audience members, since the people at the very front were all importantly personages. Shen Tianyu could have gotten Luo Shue to come hide in the audience in case anything happened, but she was confident that nothing would happen. Besides, she didn't want to distract the other from their studies.Shen Tianyu ran to the right in order to dodge the blades, which inevitably fell on the stage, destroying the stage. Some of them hit the shield, causing it to shake somewhat but it still held. As she was running, Shen Tianyu cracked her whip, which whizzed towards Ke Qingyan. He calmly strum a few more notes on the guqin, creating more blades to counter the whip, stopping it in it's tracks. 'Hm, this one is quite talented. He may not be the best at the sword, but her certainly isn't bad with his weapon. Looks like it would suit his family's reputation. If my whip wasn't made of tougher stuff, it's probably have cracked from that attack alone.' Shen Tianyu thought as her whip withdrew. She stopped and cracked her whip again, with a more serious look on her face. Ke Qingyan strummed more notes and she fended all the blades of sound and spiritual power off with her whip. Seeing this, Ke Qingyan's expression also grew more serious. The two exchanged fifty blows in the span of a few seconds before withdrawing.Shen Tianyu licked her lips. 'This talent, I want him. Too bad he has a family and won't be willing to leave them.' She raised her whip again and Ke Qingyan readied his guqin. 'It's not use getting close to him like this, he can create more blades with his guqin, my whip will eventually be overwhelmed. I guess I can only do it the long way and tire him out. He can't play forever, I just hope he won't persist too much or his fingers could become useless. But then again, he has two hands... he's only holding the guqin with one hand now. Is he aware of his shortcomings? Smart kid. Well, we'll see how this goes!'She cracked her whip and it flew towards Ke Qingyan again. They exchanged more blows, so intense that a big wind was created from their attacks that blew over the audience. Shen Tianyu's whip was merely a flash of black and Ke Qingyan's fingers flew across his guqin like a hummingbird's wings.
